Graffiti Art

​First graffiti artist

Demetrius, a man who worked as a messenger in New York. He painted his signature on all the places where he delivered. He became famous and many young people began to imitate him and look for difficult places to leave his signature.
He was also called TAKI 183.

Origin

The modern history of graffiti dates back to the 1960´s when it began in New York, influenced by hip hop music. the first graffiti artists were dedicated tu signatures, and they lived and painted in New York.
And it had a global impact since they began to have socio-political messages.

It´s time to watch the video

​Wait a few minutes while you watch the video to answer the questions.

Now for the speaking part in groups of 3 to 5 people tell us if you would do some graffiti or not and why, implementing themes seen in class.